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Red cell distribution width in relation to incidence of stroke and carotid atherosclerosis: a population-based cohort study.

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Summary, in English

Increased red cell distribution width (RDW) has been related to poor prognosis in patients with cardiovascular disease, and is a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in the general population. The purpose of the present study was to investigate if RDW is associated with increased incidence of stroke and its subtypes in individuals from the general population.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Publication/Series

PLoS ONE

Volume

10

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Topic

  • Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
  • Other Clinical Medicine

Status

Published

Research group

  • Cardiovascular Research - Epidemiology
  • Internal Medicine - Epidemiology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1932-6203